ISO/IEC 27005 Lead Risk Manager case studies
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The ISO/IEC 27005 Lead Risk Manager credential is issued by PECB, the Professional Evaluation and Certification Board, whose site describes its mission as "Redefining Excellence and Leading the Way in Digital Trust on a Global Scale." PECB lists ISO/IEC 27005 within the Information Security group of its Train and Certify catalogue, alongside ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27002 and ISO/IEC 27035, and also lists ISO 31000 under Governance, Risk, and Compliance. The credential targets practitioners who lead or perform information security risk management work: risk managers, information security and ISMS managers, consultants, auditors and compliance staff who must establish context, identify and analyse risk, evaluate it against criteria, select and justify treatment options, obtain acceptance, and keep risk communication, monitoring and recording running over time. The ISO/IEC 27005 Lead Risk Manager case studies are 5 cases and about 4,016 words.
1Board demands zero ransomware risk at a regional hospital
Northvale Regional Health (NRH), a 640-bed hospital with 4,800 staff and 22 satellite clinics, has just appointed its first CISO. A ransomware attack on a competitor dominated the board agenda.
846 words, about 4 min2Payment processor treats 'cloud misconfiguration' as a single risk
FinPay, a payment processor handling 18 million card transactions a day, is 60% through a migration from two owned data centres to a public cloud. The estate includes 42 microservices, an externally hosted key-management service, and a multi-region object store holding tokenised card data.
821 words, about 4 min3Legacy control server on a live automotive paint line
Ardent Components operates three automotive parts plants. A Windows Server 2008 R2 host runs the manufacturing execution system (MES) interface for Plant 2's paint line; the vendor will support it only until the line is replaced in 2028.
792 words, about 4 min4Stale risk register at a 300-store retailer
HarborMart Retail operates 310 stores, an e-commerce site, and a loyalty programme with 4.2 million members. Its ISO/IEC 27005-based risk assessment was completed 16 months ago as part of ISO/IEC 27001 certification.
764 words, about 4 min5One group, two incompatible risk methodologies
MedDevices Group has two business units. Unit A has been ISO/IEC 27001 certified since 2021 and uses a five-step risk process aligned to ISO/IEC 27005, with a risk register linked to its Statement of Applicability.
793 words, about 4 min